Endpoint Playground
Returns a Sporting News US author's profile, looked up by `slug` (for example `anne-erickson`) or canonical `url`; exactly one is required. The response has the name, `bio`, photo, social links and about 20 recent articles, each with title, URL, section, author, publication time and image. There is no pagination, and an unknown author returns not-found.
14 Oct 2026: 21 articles; 6 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-12; url: sportingnews.com; title: median 63 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sportingnews/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. anne-erickson | |
| url | string | No | Canonical sportingnews.com/us/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Anne Erickson",
"slug": "anne-erickson",
"url": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/author/anne-erickson",
"bio": "Anne Erickson is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. She is an award-winning news reporter covering the NFL, NBA, college sports and beyond.",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Pittsburgh Steelers' start to the season isn't all doom and gloom",
"url": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/news/pittsburgh-steelers-start-season-isnt-all-doom-and-gloom/7ec90a8f615163d040230e4d",
"section": "NFL",
"author": "Anne Erickson",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T23:00:05Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.